Draw on turn, nl MTT | Daily Hand Quiz

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Game type: $5 buy in tournament, PokerStars
Stage of tourney: In the money
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: K♦A♣

The setup: You’re in the money in this $5 buy in tournament when the following hand comes up. You get AK and raise to 3x UTG. You get one caller and whiff the flop:

3♣7♥8♣

You bet 9k and get called. You turn the nut flush draw with the 9♣. What’s your play?

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Nelson

Well if I was battling one of the smaller stacks at the table I might just put them all in. But since I’m going against the one stack that can take me out I’m going to be inclined to a check/fold situation. I mean, look at it this way. We got about 50K in our stack. A second barrel bet on this turn is going to have to be around 20K for the villain to believe we have something. If I get raised I’m hating life and folding and now I only have a 30K stack. If I get called I still have no idea where I’m at and now will most likely miss the club on the river. Maybe we make one pair if the river brings an Ace or a King, but now its still a tough decision with only one pair. And what do I do now if no club, Ace, or King comes and theres about 72K in the pot and we have about 30K left. Bad situation. Which is kinda why I like the check/fold to a bet option on the turn.

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A/K is a nice hand but its not A/K suited the 14th best hand in holdem ..A/k unsuited is ranked the 95th hand in hold’em.

Also 65% of the time you won’t make the flush, also you got valled by the other plyer twice, you may have to assume he has two high card or even a possible small pair in hand .. m play would be to check. Now if he checks yes its a free card for you both ..but it may catch you lucky… then you only can try and get a body language read on the opponent and hope he doesn’t then decide to put you all in …

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Pirate21

Not crazy about the $9K c-bet on the flop because it forces the situation we’re in now. Could try to fire another barrel and hope for a fold but as Nelson pointed out it’s a risky play given the stack situation. I think a check here might be read as we hit our flush and are setting up to chk-raise and it may get us a free river card as much as half the time. I’d prefer betting the river rather than the turn in that case. If we check here and villain makes a significant bet, I fold.

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samo

I’m with the check-folders. A shove may work, but hero is facing the big stack and if called will be at least a 70% ‘dog. Hero has an M~15 and comfortably in the $ – risky as you will get called when behind. Leading leaves hero with an awkward stack to play the riv. Check-raise – hero does not have a made hand, is short vs. the big stack – totally discard this option.

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cada.yang.gold-LEGENDS Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 11:11 pm

I agree that check raise should not even be considered as well.

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cada.yang.gold-LEGENDS

Lead for 14k-20k. Yes, you are out of position but you are IN POSITION to bluff successfully. If you get smooth call hope to hit the river.
If we get reraised call if you want to gamble or fold (leaving you with 30k; which is still playable with 4 other people with about that much)
That’s the safe way to lead.***

You can bump up to at least 80k is you win this big pot. Why let it go?

Chances are were up against a hand that will fold like QJ or a weaker A that missed.

Even if are behind against hands like 1010 or JJ we have outs. The only thing to really fear is 33,77,88, 99, KK or AA.

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